Re: dpkg hosed after crash
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Mike Schmitz wrote: A while back, my system crashed, but I was able to bring up a crippled system that I can limp along with. I lost mostly just data, and what programs I lost, I have been able to replace by reinstalling them. One that is becoming a sore spot, though, is dpkg. Whie it is able, mostly, to install other programs, when I try to upgrade it, it gives me this error: mschmitz:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 42321 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.1 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb) ...install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory This probably means the /usr/info/dir file has disappeared. You may create a new one by running /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst [ However, it will just create a minimal one ].
dpkg hosed after crash
A while back, my system crashed, but I was able to bring up a crippled system that I can limp along with. I lost mostly just data, and what programs I lost, I have been able to replace by reinstalling them. One that is becoming a sore spot, though, is dpkg. Whie it is able, mostly, to install other programs, when I try to upgrade it, it gives me this error: mschmitz:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 42321 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.1 (using .../archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb) ...install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb (--install): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.4.1.3_i386.deb ps. please cc to me, as I am no longer on this list -- Mike Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mschmitz.colug.org/ Don't blame me - I voted libertarian!http://www.lp.org/ Use Debian Linux - the free Gnu/Linuxhttp://www.debian.org/ --- If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption
